6-letter words containing n, a
- amnion — the innermost of two membranes enclosing an embryonic reptile, bird, or mammal
- amnios — (anatomy) amnion.
- amonge — Archaic spelling of among.
- amoung — Archaic spelling of among.
- amount — The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
- amping — amplifier (def 2).
- amtman — a magistrate or bailiff in parts of Europe
- amtran — Automatic Mathematical TRANslation
- amylin — (carbohydrate) The dextrin of starch.
- amyrin — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins.
- anabas — any of several labyrinth fishes of the genus Anabas, esp the climbing fish
- anadem — a garland for the head
- anadyr — a town in Russia, in NE Siberia at the mouth of the Anadyr River; the capital of Chukot Autonomous Okrug. Pop: 11 038 (2002)
- anally — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- analog — Analog technology involves measuring, storing, or recording an infinitely variable amount of information by using physical quantities such as voltage.
- ananas — the pineapple or a related tropical American bromeliaceous plant, the pinguin, that has an edible plum-shaped fruit
- anancy — a character in Caribbean folklore, a cunning trickster generally depicted as a spider with a human head; the subject of many Anancy stories, the character has its origins among the Ashanti of W Africa
- ananda — 5th century bc, the first cousin, favourite disciple, and personal attendant of the Buddha
- ananke — a small outer satellite of Jupiter
- ananym — (obsolete) A pseudonym derived by spelling one's name backwards; see anagram.
- anarch — an instigator or personification of anarchy
- anatol — a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anatta — annatto
- anatto — annatto
- anbury — a soft spongy tumour occurring in horses and oxen
- anceps — (poetry, Greek and Latin meter) A syllable that can be either short or long.
- anchal — Lb Nepal any administrative zone of Nepal.
- anchor — An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place.
- anchos — Plural form of ancho.
- ancile — a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend
- ancome — an inflammation or boil
- ancona — a port in central Italy, on the Adriatic, capital of the Marches: founded by Greeks from Syracuse in about 390 bc. Pop: 100 507 (2001)
- ancone — an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- ancony — A piece of malleable iron that is wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough unwrought knob on each end.
- ancora — encore
- ancred — (heraldry) Alternative form of anchored.
- and/or — used to join terms when either one or the other or both is indicated
- andean — of, relating to, or resembling the Andes
- anding — Present participle of and.
- andrea — a feminine name
- andrew — Saint. one of the twelve apostles of Jesus; the brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland. Feast day: Nov 30
- andria — a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- andric — Ivo (ˈiːvɔ). 1892–1975, Serbian novelist; author of The Bridge on the Drina (1945): Nobel prize for literature 1961
- andro- — male; masculine
- andron — a son of Anius who was given the power of prophecy by Apollo.
- andros — an island in the Aegean Sea, the northernmost of the Cyclades: long famous for wine. Capital: Andros. Pop: 10 009 (2001). Area: about 311 sq km (120 sq miles)
- andrus — Andron.
- anelli — pasta shaped like small rings
- anemia — a condition in which there is a reduction of the number, or volume, of red blood corpuscles or of the total amount of hemoglobin in the bloodstream, resulting in paleness, generalized weakness, etc.
- anemic — Pathology. suffering from anemia.